salacious meaning and definition

SALACIOUS adjective

Definition of salacious (adjective)

1. characterized by lust
   • "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"
   • synonyms: lubricious, lustful, prurient
2. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
   • "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
   • synonyms: lewd, obscene, raunchy